23.16.1911    INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT

(1) To ensure an EPRS, VGM, AARS, or CTVS complies with the act and these rules, the department may require a licensed manufacturer, accounting system vendor, or associated gambling business to supply information, including but not limited to:

(a) all technical manuals;

(b) all schematics, printed wire assembly and hardware block diagrams;

(c) all microprocessor manuals;

(d) all source code, including programmer's comments;

(e) binary images for all programs;

(f) media storage devices containing binary image(s), including those that may reside on the peripheral devices;

(g) software compiler;

(h) a written description of the random number generator algorithm;

(i) schedule of proposed payout(s), percentage(s) and odds determinations;

(j) programmer's memory map;

(k) a description of the methods of all testing criteria if performed and the results of the tests for the following:

(i) random number generator;

(ii) electromechanical interference;

(iii) radio frequency interference;

(iv) FCC standards;

(v) A.C. line noise;

(vi) static electricity;

(vii) extreme temperature conditions;

(l) an operator's manual for each peripheral device utilized; and

(m) additional information to be provided for an EPRS, AARS, or CTVS upon request.

 

History: 23-5-115, 23-5-621, MCA; IMP, 23-5-607, 23-5-621, 23-5-631, 23-5-637, MCA; EMERG, NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1623, Eff. 11/1/85; TRANS, from Dept. of Revenue, Ch. 154, L. 1987, Eff. 3/22/87; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 1972, Eff. 10/30/87; TRANS, from Dept. of Commerce, Ch. 642, L. 1989, Eff. 7/1/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 828, Eff. 4/27/90; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 1942, Eff. 10/18/91; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 1176, Eff. 5/1/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1638, Eff. 6/30/00; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1281, Eff. 7/15/05; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1735, Eff. 7/7/06; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 1958, Eff. 10/6/18; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 48, Eff. 1/15/22.